Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,820, Richard Dummer, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Dummer Richard
NUMBER
S. 15820
CONTENTS
carded.

Maine 18109
Richard Dummer
of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Kimball of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Mass. (one) line for 20 mos.
Died 2 Sept 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 1833 and sent to R. C. Ware Present
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Semi-ant. allowance ending _____
amt due from 4th March '31 to 2 Sept '32 day of his death $99.67
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 11 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Certificate issued in favor of Judith Greenleaf Dummer, his daughter

State of Maine.
THE Eliphalet Gillet a Clergyman, residing in the town of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec and Nathan Moody residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Dummer who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
E. Gillet Nathan Moody
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this twentyth day of July — A. D. 1832
Before me,
Isaac Aiken
Justice of the Peace.
Isaac Aiken Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. The Rev. Eliphalet Gillet D.D. is a Clergyman residing in Hallowell. Nathan Moody Esq. a resident of the same town is a credible person. Their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Winton

On the 2 nd day of Sept. 1932 Richard Dunner the within named applicant deceased, by which it has become impossible for him to renew his application in open court. He left no widow, and it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that his only surviving child and heir at law is Mrs. Judith Greenleaf Dunner, wife of Joseph Owen Dunner of Hallowell, Maine.
Nathan Weston Inst. S. J. C.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this Eighteenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Richard Dunn a resident of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Isaac  Reuben Chase and served in Col. ( not recalled ) regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Reuben Chase, Captain, His Excellency
acting Lieutenant, that in October 1775 he enlisted as a private for three months in that company in the war of the revolution, that he served out this period, and was probably discharged at Roxbury in January 1776. That in July 1776 he again enlisted as a private for the period of eight months in Capt Paul Moody's company and Col. Timothy Pickering's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops, that this period he fully served out and was probably discharged at Brimfield Brook, New Jersey in March 1777. That in July or August 1778 he again enlisted as a private for three months in Capt Rogers' company and he believes Col. Wade's regiment of Massachusetts troops. That this period he served out and was probably discharged at Patanket, Rhode Island, in October or November 1778. That in June 1779 he again enlisted as a private for six months in Capt. Mighill's company and Col. Huse's regiment of Massachusetts troops. That this period he served out, and was discharged probably at West Point in December 1779.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in Newbury Massachussetts in 1757, where his age is recorded, where his home was during his revolutionary service. That in 1770 he removed to Hallowell, Maine, where he now lives. That at the above period he enlisted, was not drafted, or received as a substitute, that in his first service he was employed in guarding Roxbury or Boston neck to prevent incursions from the British troops at Boston. That in the eight months service, he was with the continental army, keeping the enemy in check in the state of New York. That in 1778 he served on Rhode Island, where Genl Sullivan commanded and was in battle there. That in 1779 his service was at West Point, where Genl Arnold was in command and was there, when Arnold attempted to betray the Post. That he never took any written discharge. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity, and he names the Rev Dr Eliphalet Gillet and Nathan Moody Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Richard Dummer
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr Asst P. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr
July 17
DUMMER, RICHARD (MASS,) 5-15820

160 19 Richard Dummer dec d
Pension certificate to be com- pounded from 4 March 31 to 7 Sept 32 & if paid to anoth- er account of him was for the benefit of his wife
Road 20 th per $ 66.66 p. annum. R. C. Rose,
Augusta, Me.
5.55 5 / 6 27.77 7 / 8
State of Maine
I Jeremias Dummer, a revolutionary soldier, aged sixty nine years, and an just upon oath testify and declare, that I know that my brother Richard Dummer went into service in the war of the revolution at various periods in 1775. 1776. 1777 and 1780, and that he served six months as a private from June to December 1780 in Capt Clough's company and Col Huse's Massachusetts regiment. In the last service, I served the whole time in the same company.
Jeremias Dummer

Subscribed and sworn to, July 10. 1832, the deponent being a credible witness. Before Nathan Weston Junr Just S. J. C.
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Richard Dummer for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 20 th day of July
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler

P 15820 can INVALID.
File No. 15820
Richard Dummer
Pr. Rev. Mass
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 441
[Arrangement of 1870.]